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National Republican., 1887-11-02
Minnehaha Lodge Officers Installed.
At meeting OF this prosperous lodge In

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Timm's Hall last evening one new member
was initiated aud the following officers for
the ensuing quarter were installed, Lodge
Deputy Darnell Officiating: Harry f.
Smith, chief templar; Josie Cox, vice tenn
plar; Brother A. N. Canfeld, secretary;
Brother N. l.. King, financial secretary;
Laura Baker, treasurer; Josie Cecil Chap
lain; Brother j. @. Wooley, marshal; Sister
j. 9. Moberly, guard; Brother VIM. Boyd,
sentinel; Sisters @. g. and Clara Smith,
right and left supports; L. d. Bond, aaslst-
ant secretary; Clara Baker, deputy mar
shal, and Howard Ratcllife, past chief tem-
plar. The following were elected repre-
sen,atlves to the Grand Lodge Brothers
Canheld, King, Smith, Wright, and Dar-
nell. Alternates corresponding were elected
as follows Sisters King, L. Baker, Pywell,
Chambers, and Josie Cox.
National Republican., 1887-11-02
TRhYELERs' GUIDE.
baltimore q OHIO RAILROAD.
sCBEDuLE IN EFFECT OCTOBER 10, 1851

k ct Univ hhlbtNohDs
aCBEDuLE IN EFFECT OCTOBER 10, 1887.
LEAVE wAsHINToN FROM STATION. COR.
EER OF NEw JERSEY AVE. AND q ST..
For CHICAGO, & Northwest, EXP. Daily 1885
s Io5 oIEeiysGTI & ST. LOUIS, Exp. Daily aao
:, For PrTrs5uRo & cLEvE., EXP. Daily 1885 A.
,ForLe1inRion and Local Stations tio1o A.
For Philadelphia, Newark. and Wilmington,
7;SO a. M, l'26 p. NJ. aud 4:3O p NJ, daily, Ex-
For intermediate points between Baltimore
and Philadelphia, IS A. NJ. and fi:35 p. M,
:, For Singerly and intermediate points, 1915
For Baltimore, 5, $50, GAO, 7:sO, $50, e46 A.
NJ, 1910, l:25, 3l5 (i5-minute train), $3.50, 4:9O,
4;85, 440, $50, 646, 7:30, SIS, and il:3o p. NJ.
sundays S;s9 49, $50, 9,iS A. NJ LIS, i;s?,
For ANNAPOLIS. GAO and $50 A. NJ, 1910
and 1896 =. M. On Sunday, $50 A. NJ, i:40 p.
No NJ LeSye Lea Annepois 6AC $50 a. M I292'
For Way Stations between Washington and
Baltimore, 300. 6d0, $50 A. NJ, 1910, $3.50, 30,
GAO, and il,SO P. NJ. on sundays $50 A. NJ,
and 1850, $3.50, 4A0, 645, and il30P. NJ,
For stations on Metropoli an Branch, t645A.
NJ, $40 7. NJ, for PRINCIPAL stations only ssi0;l0
a. N, tS:$O and 'S:d5 P. NJ. lon sunday stops
For Gaithersburg and intermediate points,
toNb A. NJ, ti2:30P NJ, t5:S5.
For Boyd's and intermediate stations, II 20 p.
NJ, daily.
Church train leaves Washington on Sunday
only at 10 y; NJ, stopping at all stations on
Metropolitan Branch.
For FREDERICK, tlo:55 A. NJ. 1880 p. NJ.
Sundays, 1:l5 Z. NJ.
For HAGERsTowN. fiO1o A. NJ. and 1880
Pm.
Trains arrive from Chicago. daily, eaO.A. NJ,
and i:20 Z. NJ; from Cincinnati aud ST. Louis,
daily, 60 A. NJ. and l:l5 r. NJ; from Pittsburg,
daily, 100 A. NJ. and 40 p. NJ.
From Philadelphia, Chester, and Whining
ton, 1913 A. NJ, 3:05, 800, and $50 T. NJ, daily,
and tl:60 l.. NJ,
From singerly and intermediate points north
Of Baltimore, 1000 A, NJ, daily.
Trains leave Baltimore for Washington at
$40, $50, T:3o. 900, 905, 1000, and 1890 A. NJ,
1913, 2:l5, 800. 4l0, sos, 600, 6:30, 7:45 $50,
and 1900 p. NJ. On Sundays, $50, 900, 9s05,
and 1000 4. NJ, l;2o, 2;i5. 4lo, sos, $50, 7:i5.
$3.50, and II. 100 p NJ.
tExcept Sunday. fDaily.
Baggage called for and checked at hotels
and residences on orders left at Ticket Ofices,
| 6l9 and 1851 PENNsYLvAN1A AVENUE.
| W. NJ. CLEMENTS. G. X. LORD,
Manager. Gen. Pass Agent.
National Republican., 1887-11-02
Marriage Licenses.

Marriage licenses have been islued as fol-
lows Harvey W, Anderson, Of Norfolk, Va,
and Isabelle Alden Mccullough, of this city,
Domincl II. Mccormick and Grace G. Nc.
Hally, George Oiensteiu ana Henrietta S. TEN
Pile, Dr. James W. Haywood and Susan L, Cor
yell, all of this city; David j. OlNt aud Elizl
H. iSess9 Poa 2 SeSseSG%n 0sSrSSgS ayS
Jones, Of this city Jacob +. lGnsle, Of Charles.
town, w. Va, Gud Mary J. Utley, Of this oityi
Arthur 4. Chaplin and Rebecca 4. Williamson,
both Of this city,
National Republican., 1887-11-02
VIRGINIA Republicans.

The Virginia Republican Association held
large and enthusiastic meeting at their quar-
ters at the Philadelphia House last evening
Ralph Singleton chairman. There was about
$40 voters present, and the news from the state
was cheering aud encouraging Many in
quires were made In regard TO transportation,
aud the members promised TO be AT the polls
on election day, and cast their votes.
National Republican., 1887-11-02
Friendship Lodge of Good Tomplars

Friendship Lodge OF Good TemplGrs.
At large meeting of this lodge in Will
mot Hall Monday evening five new mem
bers were initiated, and officers for the en-
suing quarter were elected as follows: Var
den Bishop, G. r.; Kittio Reid, V. T.; Wal
ter Blackford, secretary; Sidney Burgess,
Bishop, chaplain; Charles Myers, marshal;
Alice Spear, guard; Nettie Cole, sentinel,
and Emma Stanford, pianist. Brothers
Bishop and Reid and Sister Flora Stanford
were elected trustees, Friendship Lodge
leads all the lodges In the District IN It's
number OF members at the opening OF the
new quarter.
National Republican., 1887-11-02
The Charge Must Stand.

The COMMISSIONERS IN Ieply 70 Mr. Fred. ".
Jones, of the Guutou building, in his communt.
cation of the 22d instant requesting that sl6
be deducted from the bill for water
rent of premises 25O0 G street northwest, which
Is charged for as bar room, aud wherein
there is no water Pipe in the house, say that
the charge Is in accordance with law and facts
and cannot be stricken OF.
National Republican., 1887-11-02
Resigned and Appointed.

The following changes have been announced
in the Interior Department
General land Office - Appointment: Miss
Annie Stafford, of Ohio, $780, under the civil
service rules.
Patent oflice-Re signNtion Miss Marie L.,
Clapp, OF Maine, clerk, $1,000,
Pension ce-Appointments under the
civil service rules: Miss Virginia Copeland, OF
Louisiana; Miss Mary NJ. Cooper, of Virginia.;
Hattie l.. scribner OF Illinois; Miss Columbia
b. Foster OF Virginia, and Mrs, Margaret A,
Smith, Of North Carolina, copyists, 5000. Resg
nation Marshall q. Wright, of Maine, $1,000
Office of Indian affairs Promotions Mis-
Agnes ]. Robinson, of Vermont, 81. 600 to 81, ,2)O
Miss Arabella Upton, of New York, 5000 ia
81 600
National Republican., 1887-11-02
A STRONG MARKET.
The Closing Prices Invariably HiTher
Than the Day Previous.


New YORK, Nov. 1.-The stock msrke
to-day was strong all the way out, though
the progress made during the forenoon was
small. The bears felt the market in the
morning, but they encountered very Arm
undertone, and considerable covering was
done. An effort 10 depress prices by
special attacks upon few stocks was made,
but met with little success, and later in the
day the buying assumed larger proportions,
coming from both sides OF the account.
The increase in the Pennsylvania dividend,
the reports from the west that rates were
to be advanced, the unusually good show
ing Of the Union Pacific earnings, aud
rumor that there was to be q meeting OF the
transcontinental roads, and that the Cana
dian Pacific would be induced to Join the
Others In advancing rates, were all influen-
tial, increasing and enhancing the prevail
ing bullish feeling.
The market opened generally steady aud
the b usiness was quiet, except In four or
five stocks, but the tone OF the dealings was
firm to strong. The advance was checked
only by the close OF business, which was
The total days business amounted to
290, ,331 shares. The closing prices are In
varlably higher.
Money on call has been easy, ranging
from 4 to Al, last loan at 4, and closing
offered at 4. Sterling exchange dull and
| steady. Actual business at 4sl2 to 4s2
for 66.day BILLS and 1854 to 1852 for demand
bonds dull and steady. State bonds dull
and featureless.
Treasury balances-Coin, $l32, 1888, ,141 I;
currency, $l1, 7s3,303.
The following we're the closing bid quota.
lions.
q, 12e24; GS. COUP. 1857; Pec. esof'oS, I2l;
' cons SS ss s?' NO. i q Of rs s7 S sSd n O. ic Coz
I IaS5; aS a. g. 8. III io, 1spn''iSe do IS. 5; RS%
% s cen Ss pss s 4s, SS 01 s nat DouvsP sGupS% ssd
Rio arande irsts, io N. K, and T., gen. es, 50;
do IS, co.: Northern Pac. ilrsts, il5N; do.
seconds, 9S oiG Northwestern BY cons tla9i Do
Paul con-, i2i; st. i Chicago, and Pao .pid.
ll6; Southern Pac. tirsts, 100: I. p: r. q, 4 c.,
E9rhsrp Pacific IA .S wSt sns shoTs y
Southern, bl}S; Canton, IS; Cen, PSc,. a95s; "a
land PSS and ts @ tl1 Com ona cSsl o; PEI: Sss and
Mpd. i9lss Del { Lack, l2s3a ben: & 2, g.
Hafiem, l9o; aOus. u fsx.. a III! Cent III
Lake Shore, eiH IN; and Nash: 6sS;
n: M' 4 l., ' iao: Mich: Cen, "Sf Ssh; MO- No Pss;' e.
N: Chat, 7s]1; \. J; Cen, 5g,49; Norfolk and
Western pfd.. 40; Northern Pac., 22ls; do. pfd:
45h;. Northwestern, 10S do. pid., 140l4; N.
pfd., 2s; Ohio and Miss, 24N; do. pfd., s5
burg; 15l; Reading, 68IS; Richmond and
louis and San. Fran, siI do. pfd.
$50; do. first pfd., no; St. Paul, 731S; do. pid
ny; St. 7 and O., $50 do. gtd;, 1917: Tenn.
Az: U. s. x, 60; Wab Pac., 10; do. pfd., 29}i
Certificates, o64; Cotton oil Trust, SiIS Quick
| silver. 81; do pfd.. %.
*Asked. tExint.
National Republican., 1887-11-02
Quitting WIN a ponknifs.

The trial of Anthony Wells, alias Taylor, in-
dlctcd for assault with intent to kill was be-
gun in the criminal court yesterday, Wells is
charged with attacking John Shea with Il pen
knife on April 30 on Maryland avenue be.
west.
National Republican., 1887-11-02
No Paw for the Clerks.

The sum OF 500, 900 was appropriated for
the purpose of enforcing the Indian sever
atty lands law. Secretary Lamar found 1t
necessary TO employ au additional force OF
clerks for that purpose, but First Comp.
troler Durham has decided that no part Of
that appropriation can be used TO pay those
clerks
National Republican., 1887-11-02
Pennsylvania avenue. And IL was my
pleasure to meet

the senior partner and head OF this old aud
reputable houee. To call IT, china and crock
eryware house is only to tell about ha'f tne
story, and II were to call 1t an emporium
Of everything within the range OF the port
able in decorative art would come nearer
to the facts. Haven't you noticed that
am somewhat OF mental cripplep guess
that one Of my thinkers must DO shorter
than the other, for somehow every once 10
while l trip over my own ideas, and
when want to say my prettiest, fall Into
the blunder common to all great men-l
make a mess OF IL. But, sincerely, did
enjoy every moment l passed 10
Messrs. Boteler's store. Up stairs
and down stairs there ia q bewildering
variety Of novelties In the finest wares for
dining room, boudoir, and drawing. room
adornment. Its no use for me to endeavor
10 enumerate the stock. You know what
such an establishment contains, and GER
tainly YOU know that "Boteler's" 10 the
place you will visit when you need any
household supplies or wish to Inspect the
latest productions from the famous ovens
Of the world. II is in the line OF new
goods--direct importations and celebrated
domestic anufactures-that was most
interested. Burmese, Teheran, and FER
sian glassware, crown Derby, Doulton,
Gobelin, Royal Dresden, and Haviland's
china; table sets Of every variety, and tons
OF bric-a-brac. just drop In when you are
passing. Mr.. Boteler will be glad to see
you. No.
National Republican., 1887-11-02
Baltimore Produce Market-Nov.

COTTON quiet and steady; middling, 9i9.
FLOUR fairly actiye and steady at un-
changed prices.
WIiEAT-Southern in fair demand and iirmsr;
red, 7sO1S sc; amber, Sl@S5c; western firm and
slightly higher; No. winter red. spot, 1910
see; November 79jI@SDc: December, $40
S2lIc: January, s3IsGgoic.
@41c; yellow, di6Si9c; western dull and nomt'
nally easy; mixed, spot, i0@i9l4c. year, iSli9
S9Lc.
OATS fairly active and steady southern and
Pennsylvania, 3O@35c; western white, 35@3Gc;
do mixed. 33@3ic.
RYE firm. 6S160c.
PROVISIONS dun and easy.
PETROLEUM quiet aud steady; refined 67sc,
COFFEE dull and easy. Rio cargoes, ordt-
nary TO fair, 1S15@lSl4c.
SUGAR-Copper refined, dull, loo 9l0Hc.
WHISKY steady, Sl.li0l.lo.
Other articles unchanged.
National Republican., 1887-11-02
Drove Her from Home.

Mrs. Elizabeth Coleplhn, nee Shaw, yeSter-
day flied bill for a divorce against Henry
have three children. She charges cruel treat.
meut, non-support, and desertion over two
years SINCE specifying instances ofassault, and
that he tool; $3.50 of her earnings and drove
her from her home No I2i l. street.
National Republican., 1887-11-02
MMMN Axz<saz

Nos. GIL and 612 Center Market, Ninth
street wing. His speciality is Southdown
lamb and mutton-and there isn't anything
nicer. No Go where you will, let fortune
the hillside with little fence around 1t, II
you ever had Southdown you can never
forget It.. Walter Brown is an easy name
to remember, and you will find 1t equally
pleasant II you will take tho trouble. to call
on him the next time you are marketing.
Meat is something you have to buy. You
can't draw IL in lottery, nor get 1t In an-
swer to prayer. The "Browns' arc very
common, but Walter is one In thousand.
In this transltory existence OF ours we
have to depend much upon our fellow men.
The hustle and whirl OF metropolitan life
compels the man Of business to get "a
biten In q hurry sometimes. And | have
found that petty lunches are great con-
yeneDce. The best know Of are the cosy
and tidy rooms run by
National Republican., 1887-11-02
DIrDMONT AIR LINE.

-
- SCHEDULE IN EFFECT SEPT. 4, 1887.
Trains leave B. Il P. Station, sixth and b
SSo A. .M.-East Tennessee mail daily for
Warrenton, Gordonsyille Charlottes-
ville Lynchburg, and stations between
Alexandria and Lynchburg, Roanoke,
Bristol, Knoxville, Rome, Calera, Mont
gomery. and New OrleGus. Pullman
Sleeper Washington to New Orleans.
liza A. M.-last mail daily for Warrentou,
Charlottesville, Gordonsville, stationa
ChesapeeRe and Ohio route, Lynch.
burg, RS9SSy Mount bSnyilS and
vile, Greensboro, Raleigh, Charlotte,
ATLANTA B!rnnsham, nonlgomefy,
EST Orleans, ans IeTEas gas. and California;
In connection with Pullman sleepers
Atlanta to New orleans aud Mann
BISS.S,,, BGgd9iE sleSpSrs for Bir@insbbam,
trans Washington TO Atlanta. Does
not connect for G. " y. route points on
Sundays
1896 P. M.-Daiiy, except Sunday, for Msnas-
sas, StrsSbuIg. and intermediate sta
tions Connects at Rivcrton with 8.
" X. h. for Luray, arriving at 500
5.aop. &.%western express daily for Warren
ton, Gordonsvillc, c,Charlottesville, Louis
VILE Cincinnati, and St. Louis, Pull
man Sleepers and tolid trains Washing
ton TO Louisville; also for Lynchburg,
Bristol, Chattanooga, Memphis, Little
Rock, and all southwestern points.
q
to Memphis without change.
HOOP. &.-SOuthern Express daily for Lynch.
burg, Danvillc, Raleigh, Ashevllle,
Charlotte, Columbia, Aiken, Augusta,
Atlanta, Montgomery, New Orleans,
Texas, aud California. Pullman sleep.
ers Washington to Galveston, Texas,
via Atlanta, Montgomery, and New
Orleans. Pullman sleepers Washing
ton to Augusta without change.
TRAINS ON WASHINGTON AND OHIO d.
VISION
Leave Washington 9:l2 q. m. daily, except sun.
day, and 4l5 y. ~. daily, arriving at Round
Hill ll:5I q. IN. and 7l0 D. m.; returning, leave
Round Hill 6:05 H. m. daily and 1850 p. M, daily
except Sunday, arriving Washington $50 a. m,
and 3b6 p. IN.
Through trains nom the South vie Charlotte,
Danville, and Lynchburg, arrlv a Wash
ington $40 a. m, s:2S 2. M, via East Ten:
nessee, Bristol, and LynChburg at ll:io a, IN. and
9iO p. M, via Chesapeake aud Ohio route and
Charlottesville at 9:4O p m. Strasburg local at
0I7 q, M.
Tickets, Sleeping Car reservation, and In.
formation furnished and baggage checked ut
once, 1850 Pennsylvania avenue, and az passen.
ger station, Pennsylvania railroad, sixth ana
| b streets. JAS, l.. TAYLOR
General Passenger Agent.
National Republican., 1887-11-02

who has lots OF places and consequently
lots OF butter. Mr.. Coburn's stands are at
Nos. 400 494-495 Center Market, 7S Western
Market, 33 Riggs Market, 9 Center Market,
and 60 O.Street Market. His favorite
brand is the "Big Elk butter.n and the
. man know says II is the best table butter
the has ever used. Whenever go through
the market / always bow to Mr.. Coburn.
Sometimes he don't see me and sometimes
he isn't there; but bow just the same.
got that habit as presiding officer OF
debating club, where everybody talked and
nobody listened. 1t Is only natural should
print something about sprint" butter; and
what print about Mr.. Coburn is to inform
you that with all the stores be has got you
have only yourself TO upbraid IL you
don't use the best butter there is to be had.
The same Is true Of meats. am partial
TO lamb and mutton. can eat something
elee, but my appetite has preferences am
able at times toindulge You have to do
some shopping In the market. At least
this Is an assumption take the liberty OF
making. Where do you buy your meats'
"Anywhere it happensf' That's bad. That
is the title of the tramp's catechism. Now,
one Of the good places to buy meats is OF
National Republican., 1887-11-02
cNccb~N~,Aa>>> a>>>

at No. 600 Fifteenth street. Almost every
day / drop In there-get cup OF coffee
and a sandwich, or piece OF pie, meet
lots OF people know, and many more who
know me, and for 10 or 90 cents succeed In
impersonating the fatted calf very success
fully. No wait, no confusion, everything
ready, everything nice and neat, aud some
very polite and obliging people behind the
counter. To tell you the truth such @
lunch room as Ford & Graham conduct Is
credit and an invaluable convenience to
any community. The, government clerk,
the merchant, the banker, the. mercantile
ink. singer, and that pyramid OF self'idola-
try-the newspaper man, all instinctiveiy
seek the abbreviated luXuries OF the colfoe
house, and assault starvation with dune
(perhaps), or more or less as the
period favors. know there are number
of lunch rooms In town, and ] know Ford
g. Graham do not hope to do all the busi-
ness OF this kind In the city; but do know
that II you have been In the habit OF lunch
ing at 600 Fifteenth street you will do so
some more; and II you have yet to learn
how truly | speak, l urge you to prove the
veracity of my assertions, because utter
the sentiments Of full stomach.
! almost forgot to mention that my
friends
National Republican., 1887-11-02
Washington Stock Exchange.

The following list OF the most active stocks dealt
In on the Washington Stock Exchange is furnished
by Messrs Bell & Co., Bankers, No. 1887 Pennsyl.
yania avenue:
National Republican., 1887-11-02
Grain apd Proyisions.

Following Is the range Of prices in the Chicago
market, furnished by b. X. Plain & Co., st. Cloud
Building, corner, Ninth and f streets
The Dickinson press., 1887-12-31
r. 7. l:arnum Writes n story.

The opening chapters of splendid
story for the young. by the famous
Snowman, u. L. Barnuin. appears this
week in the columns of The New
York Family Story Paper. The story
describes the adventures of an .Amrri-
can hoy. whom MI. Barnum calls My
Plucky Boy Tom" and whom he sent
to India in search of wild. fierce, and
rare animals to replace those destroyed
by the disastrous fire at Bridgeport
last mouth. The reader is thrilled by
the halr-hreadth escapes of this daunt,
less American hoy when capturing
the iiercest and widest animals even
e in amy travelling show. The
New York Family story Paper is fol
sale at all news-stm,lS.
The Dickinson press., 1887-12-31
An Ex. Dakota Dreamer.

Under the above hcadin. the Sioux
Falls Press says: Marquis dc Mores,
who started enormous cattle enter
priScS west OF Bismarck. and then UNI
successfully attempted to control the
meat business of New York city. and
later made Il siililar sensation at
Kansas City. has concluded to leave
America and go to India to hunt IT,
gers. The marquis is 4 most accom-
plished dreamer. 50 long IL his own
fortune lasted, on his fathcr-iI.law,
Baron Won Hoffman. would put up
money. he could Afford to dream. He
once remarked c%oniilentially to {;
friend. j verl make re millions and
millions by re great enterprises in
America, and ztm ] will go home to
France. and veel capture my comrades
in re French armee, and vcel plot and
| plan. and directly Zey veel put me in
| command. and zen | vecl swoop dow
on re government. i'lt INST Aiil' s"'
know | veel mount re rome. Ono
time his agent ut Mrlura. his rancho
Oh the Northern Pacific. wrote him al
New York about the loss of 5000 heaI
of sheep. the letter going into all tho
details of the affair. The marqui,
turned the sheet ver aud wrote
please don't t~rn:i'lc me with triiles
like these lie IS a very pleasant
gentleman tp meet. Int mni"rtunttel,
his schemes are bigger than he is.
The Dickinson press., 1887-12-31
Wide Awake ISIS.

The readers of this wonderful mag.
azine for young people are SO arrus-
toned to good reading and pictures
that they will wonder how it is going
to he better Than ever this coming
wear. But it is. The new year has
al eady begun with the holiday mum
her lust out-a truly great number.
larger and richer. more varied. and
therefore ii must be better than ever
bnIo,c. and the publishers have II
primcr to send to those who want to
know what Wide Awake is going to
have in 1T IN lsSS. The wonder is that
such 4 library and pl~ctnrr-galirry can
be got together for $40 a year,
Thousand pages and everything fresh
and new-stories. history, travels. BIZ
o.raphy. sketches. a%necdote, aiEell-
ture-lnd all Instructive as we'll us
| entertaining. Two worlds are drawn
from to m, IKE such provision fot the
| education and pleasure of otr children.
Such writers and subjects as these:
| Edmund Clarence %Steadmam. The
| Star Bearer, Il lofty Christmas poem.
Andrew Lang. Ballad of a Bad Boy,
| bit of autobiography. II. Rider lIag-
gard, a Tale of Three Lions, Il book
in itself. sidney Lusha, My Uncle
F%lorimond. IL serial. NJ. L. w. SHEER
wood THOSE Cousins of Malle's and
Double Roses. two serials. Jessie
Benton Fremont. Il serial. Cruise of a
CovcrIet. Harriet Taylor Ipton. Sc
rial historical papers. Children of the
White House. Elbridgr :. Brooks,
opportunity papers. Getting On IN the
World. Louise Imogcn Quincy. The
BriMsip5-lp of Puppies, not all in a
month by amy cal Oscar Fay Adj
ans. Dear Old Story-Tellers. Mary
Bradford Crowpinshield, Il serial,
Plucky Small: His story. Edward
Everett Hale, historical serial, The
Story of Boston Common. And these
arc not half, not a quarter, o: those in
sight. SO high is the best of young
people literature nowadays that We
arc all of us glad to he young. Nine
tenths of reading people prefer it to
what is written for them: for it has
the rare melit of heimg easy as we'll
as good. We know Of no Christians
gift 50 sure of bringing Il happy re-
Spouse in a reading family. Send
s2.4" to ID. Lotlrop Company, Boston.
The Dickinson press., 1887-12-31
Our Natural Grasses.

1t is an acknowledged fact that the
grasses Of Dakota possess more TAT
tenins properties than do the best
tame grasses of the eastern and mid
die states. All l4irymen understand
that any food that is fat producing.
when eaten hy milch COWS. makes
their milk richer in hltterine.
Experience and careful observation
in IL large number of creatnerics III
the s"ntii rrn part of this territory. us
well IT'S in the state of Nebraska.
where the condition-. re similar. have
demonstrated that the facts fully s'ls-
tain the theory. In Dakota and Ne
brasaa 30 pounds Of milk from the
average COW of m grade, pro.
duce one pound of butter. while i'll H.
linois ami Wisconsin. where the cream
is raised in the same kind of ans. the
average product from the same class
of W. is one pound from % pounds
of milk. \. gain of 2o per cent over
the tame grass fed cows of the East.
1t is true. however. that the guam
tity of milk produced is somewhat
greater in those states than it il here.
Tor while the common grade Of COWS
in iiius, states average about %
ruau.t~ ot :mi!< pr lay. through the
,nilkin. season: IN this territory tn.
average t.; only Is pounds per day. Of
10 per cent less in q'iai'tity. This
leaves Il net gain of 10 per cent i'll the
butter product of the Average Dakota
row over the same grade OF cow III
Wisconsin. ami Illinois.
Experience ia the territory has also
dem mstrlte,i. that oar cream. when
prop"rl" handled. makes az fine a
quality of butter as can he made i'll
the United States.